rising adj
1: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" [ant: falling]
2: (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon; "the rising sun" [ant: setting]
3: increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices"
4: sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, uphill]
5: coming to maturity; "the rising generation" [syn: emerging]
6: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician" (noun)
1: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall]
2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, uprising]